Pakistan

KARACHI: The National Institute of Cardiovascular Diseases (NICVD) has terminated the services of its three employees on charges of corruption claiming that the action has been taken after a thorough inquiry that proved bribery and misappropriation by the three members of the outpatient department (OPD) visited by some half a million patients every year. An official said that the NICVD …

LAHORE: Prime Minis­ter Imran Khan has said that the government is fully aware of the sufferings of people caused by inflation and working hard to provide maximum relief to them by taking sustainable steps. The premier was earlier briefed on price control measures, development schemes and law and order at a meeting with Chief Minister Sardar Usman Buzdar during his …

QUETTA: Four members of the Balochistan Assembly, who had been missing for the last two days, on Friday night said they were in Islamabad and would return to Quetta on Saturday (today). A video released by the MPAs shows them sitting together. They said, “We are part of Qudoos Bizenjo group and will remain with it.” They denied that they …

MOSCOW: Sixteen people were killed and one person was missing after a fire broke out at a Russian explosives factory southeast of Moscow on Friday, local authorities said. The blaze took place in the village of Lesnoy, 300 kilometres from the capital in the region of Ryazan. Authorities originally said 15 people had died, but later said one man who …

ISLAMABAD: The opposition and treasury benches in the National Assembly were locked in a debate on Friday, with the opposition assailing the government for following “flawed economic policies” and the latter defending them. Devaluation of Pakistani rupee against US dollar remained a key point during the debate, which continued during the question hour and beyond. Khawaja Mohammad Asif, the PML-N …

LAHORE: The Lahore High Court has dismissed a set of petitions challenging the procedure adopted by the Pakistan Medical Commission (PMC) to conduct the National Medical & Dental Colleges Admission Test (MDCAT) for 2021. The PMC conducted the MDCAT from Aug 30 (2021) to Sept 30 on a daily basis. The petitioners/students applied for the test and had been allotted …

KHYBER: Thousands of Afghans made a beeline for Torkham border crossing early on Friday morning when the news about resumption of cross-border pedestrian movement spread in most parts of the neighbouring country. Sources in Torkham told Dawn that the number of aspiring Afghans was so high that Pakistani authorities had to deploy additional security personnel to prevent crowding and panic at the …

MIRAMSHAH: Two soldiers were martyred and two others injured in a terrorist attack in North Waziristan tribal district on Friday. One terrorist was killed in the exchange of fire. Officials said that fighting between security forces and terrorists broke out near Miramshah, the headquarters of North Waziristan. The injured security personnel were taken to a paramilitary forces-run hospital in Miramshah. …

ISLAMABAD: The Senate Standing Committee on Federal Education and Professional Training, National Heritage and Culture on Friday recommended that the admission procedure in universities should be eased for international students. The committee held a meeting with Senator Irfan Siddiqui in the chair. In its previous meeting, the committee had directed the education ministry to provide details of foreign students studying …

1,000 FC personnel, 500 Rangers along with police deployed in and around Red Zone . Murree Road near Faizabad sealed . TLP office-bearers go into hiding ISLAMABAD: The capital administration and police have been provided 500 personnel of Rangers while a contingent of 1,000 Frontier Constabulary (FC) officials will join them on Saturday to stop a possible march on the capital …